Lead Multi Skilled Engineer

CBRE; Havant; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions seeks a Lead Engineer to join the team in Kenwood. You will manage maintenance costs, ensure services meet client requirements, and support critical environments with change control and reporting.

The role involves emergency response, audits, and procurement of maintenance services while staying within annual budgets and ensuring proper documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing cost related to delivery of maintenance activities.
• Experience in operating data centres/critical environments is desirable.
• Experience with electrical systems and BMS/HVAC is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage cost related to delivery of maintenance activities (specialist and self-perform).
• Ensure all client services and critical environments meet client requirements or SLAs.
• Operate change control processes for business critical areas.
• Provide technical management reports as required.
• Provide emergency response standby/call-out.
• Monitor utilities management and environmental programmes.
• Support audits relating to critical environments.
• Procure engineering maintenance services cost-effectively.
• Maintain documentation/records for critical facilities.

Skills

Contract management

Supplier management

Communication skills

Decision making

Proactive

Project coordination

Education

Apprenticeship / HND / C&G qualifications

Tools

MS Office

PC skills

Job description

Job Title: LeadEngineer

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions, leading globalprovider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management, are recruitinga Lead Engineer to join the team located in Kenwood.

Role Summary

• Able to manage cost related to delivery of maintenance activities (specialist and self-perform)
• Ensuring all client services, computer rooms, data networks, manufacturing and revenue earning services meet client requirements or appropriate SLAs
• Operate dilapidation and update plans relating to critical environments
• Operate change control process covering business critical areas
• Provide technical management reports as required
• Provide emergency response standby/call-out
• Monitor utilities management and environmental programmes
• Support critical environment related technical audits
• Support cost-effective procurement of engineering maintenance services.
• Operate within annual engineering budgets for the maintenance and repair of the services
• Responsibility for ensuring all critical related engineering maintenance documentation/records are kept in clearly identified and retrievable systems
• Advise the Facilities Management Team of changes in critical environment requirements
• Plan Statutory Compliance Maintenance and Testing and report as required the Statutory Compliance Audit Report to the Technical Services Manager
• Ensure all PPM’s and Critical Facility PPM’s are carried out to schedule
• Monitor and analyse environmental conditions, review the loading and working conditions of critical equipment regularly
• Liaise with the CBRE EHS specialist to ensure audit compliance at all times
• Ensure maintenance is carried out in line with CBRE H&S procedures, using the permit to work system where applicable and action improvements identified during the building and workplace inspections and reviews
• Escalate urgent issues identified through to the Technical Services Manager

Experience Required

• Electrician with recognised qualifications (apprenticeship, HND, C&G)
• 18th Edition Electrical Wiring Regulations - essential
• Previous experience in operating data centres/critical environments - desirable
• Knowledge of emergency response/standby/call out activities and protocols
• Understand the monitoring of utilities and environmental programmes
• IOSH or equivalent H&S training
• Excellent contract/supplier management skills
• Excellent facilitation, communication skills at all levels
• Self-motivated, resourceful and pro-active
• Confident decision maker
• Understanding of water hygiene (L8) - desirable
• BMS Controls experience / HVAC experience - desirable
• Operational experience of UPS, Standby Power and Critical Environment Cooling
• Operational experience of managing Environmental, Health & Safety and Quality Systems
• PC and MS office skills